Monday, September 5, 2016

There have been so many new Fall TV show billboards filling the skies of L.A. this past month, but there's also been a whole cornucopia of Emmy nomination billboards trying to get passerby attention in August too. Here's a selection of outdoor ads for the shows hoping for some Emmy award wins this September 18, 2016.

2016 Emmy nomination billboards

First up is this fun 'FYC' ad creative for the second season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, the letters usually mean 'For your consideration', but this Emmy season Netflix has put Kimmy's own spin on the abbreviation.

Another Netflix comedy also up for several Emmys this year is Aziz Ansari's debut season of Master of None, based on a fictionalized version of the actor and standup comedian.

Plus the streaming service's scheming political drama, House of Cards, is once again up for some award accolades for the show's fourth season.

From Netflix's documentary offering, the Nina Simone film What Happened, Miss Simone? adds some Emmy nominations to the Oscar nomination from earlier this year.

Plus the acclaimed documentary series Making a Murderer is in the running for some Emmys, its chances made all the stronger by the overturning of the conviction of one of the accused men (Brendan Dassey) featured in the series.

AMC had a nice cohesive design for two of its Emmy nominated series this year, including the John le Carré mini-series The Night Manager, starring Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman.

Plus the second season of Better Call Saul was hoping to garner some support for stars Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks.

Meanwhile Lifetime had this bold ad creative to support its behind-the-scenes of a reality dating show drama, UnREAL, and one of its stars, Constance Zimmer.Viceland was showing some joint billboard support for two of its new series, Gaycation and Woman with Gloria Steinem.

And Spike had this collection of billboards at Hollywood's Sunset & Vine for the sophomore season of its celebrity Lip Sync Battle series.

At Fox Studios you could see this fun retro-themed billboard for Modern Family's seventh season.

Whilst Taraji P. Henson lorded it over the Sunset Strip in this Emmy nomination billboard for her portrayal of 'Cookie Lyon' in Fox's hip hop drama, Empire, soon returning for its third season.

Plus Fox's production of Grease: Live! garnered smattering of Emmy nods for a "flawlessly executed" live TV event based on the beloved film and stage musical.

Speaking of musicals, and NBC was showing some support for its own latest live musical event with these Emmy billboards for The Wiz Live!, which focused on costumes, hair, makeup and technical excellence.

Universal Television was also supporting its other established variety franchises, like the 40-year-old Saturday Night Live sketch and comedy show.

And The Tonight Show and its relatively new host Jimmy Fallon, for best late night talk show.

Critical darling hacker drama, Mr. Robot, was hoping to follow-up its Golden Globe success with some Emmy wins for its rookie season with these 'for your consideration' billboards.

Amazon Studios was supporting its rookie alternate Earth drama, The Man in the High Castle, during August.

Plus the streaming platform's groundbreaking transgender dramedy, Transparent, scored big with Emmy nominations for its second season and received bold support in the sprawling city skyline.

Meanwhile over at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank where they film some of the CBS sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory was asking for Emmy consideration from people in the business passing by for its ninth season.

And the third season of the Allison Janney and Anna Faris comedy set in Napa Valley, Mom, was looking for Emmy support for previous winner, Allison Janney, whilst 2 Broke Girls was hoping for votes for its fifth season.

As you can see its been a busy time in the skies campaigning for the Emmys. A win can help a show with visibility and provide potential new viewers (especially in the binge-watching society we now live in), it can help show studio support for the talent and help further their careers (or at least with negotiations of salary) and at the end of the day, who doesn't want to be involved with an award-winning production (it may even help your show get renewed for another season).

For more Emmy nomination billboards from past and present you can also take a look at my Daily Billboard blog for more eye-catching examples.

I'm hoping things may calm down in the coming weeks in the outdoor world of television, but I'm sure it won't be long before another awards season is with us.